Bu Yunchaokete and Marc Polmans will square off in the 2nd round of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.43
Marc Polmans -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Bu Yunchaokete
23 - 13win/loss
72
69
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 48-25 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Bu reached the 2nd round after beating Vasek Pospisil 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the 1st round against Pospisil, Bu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-2). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 101 points vs Pospisil’s 94. Bu was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yunchaokete recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was quite effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yunchaokete broke Pospisil 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Yunchaokete has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (147-68). 17-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has a compiled129-47 record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Wuxi Challenger where he defeated Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1.
Bu has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
8 - 15win/loss
254
116
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 24-27 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Marc got to the 2nd round after beating Alexis Galarneau 6-3 6-2 and Bu Yunchaokete .
In the 1st round, Polmans had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-3 6-2). During the match Polmans scored 56 points vs Galarneau’s 34. Polmans was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Marc was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Galarneau 4 times.
Polmans’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 8-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Yunchaokete | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 30 | 17 |
Pts | 101-94 | 56-34 |
Total Points | 195 | 90 |
Winners | 39 | 24 |
%Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Yunchaokete and Polmans played 1 match. At the moment, Bu Yunchaokete lost 1 set while Marc Polmans hasn’t lost a set so far. Yunchaokete has played 1 set more than Polmans (3 vs 2). Therefore, Yunchaokete played 13 games more than Polmans. The Chinese scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Marc made 24 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Yunchaokete | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 3 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
1st in | 51/91 | 28/46 |
%1st in | 56% | 61% |
1st pts | 39/51 | 24/28 |
%1st pts | 76% | 86% |
2nd pts | 22/40 | 9/18 |
%2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Yunchaokete bagged 5 aces . Polmans bagged 3 aces . Yunchaokete won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Yunchaokete | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 4 |
Converted | 3/10 | 4/4 |
% Converted | 30% | 100% |
Conceded | 5 | 3 |
Saved | 3 | 2 |
% Saved | 60% | 67% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Bu broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Bu dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Yunchaokete | |||
R1 Pospisil |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 7-62 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 101-94 | 101-94 | |
Total points | 195 | 195 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 51/91 | 51/91 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Polmans | |||
R1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 56-34 | 56-34 | |
Total points | 90 | 90 | |
Winners | 24 | 24 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
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